Dumping-wagon.



J. HBBERLNG.

DUMPING WAGON. APPLICATION IILED JUNE 28, 1906.

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J. HEBERLING.

DUMPING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1906. 981,419.- Patented Jan. 10,1911.

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JOHN HEBERLING, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

Application inea June es, 1906. serial No. 323,921.

To @ZZ whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, JOHN HEBERLING, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of N ew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping- VVagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to dumping wagons of that class in which the bottom sections or doors are moved by suitable means to normally close the bottom of the box and which may be released to deposit its contents.

The. invention has for its object to provide an equalizing device adapted to cooperate with the means for closing the doors or sections whereby they may be closed tightly in engagement with the box and it has for its further object to provide devices for controlling the operating means of said doors to automatically cause one door or section to be brought to a closed position in advance of the other.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements, in construction and combinations of parts, all as will be more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wagon box showing devices constructed in accordance with my invention applied thereto, the doors or bottom sections being in a closed position. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the position of the parts during the operation of closing the doors or bottom sections. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the wagon box. Fig. t is a detail view of a portion of the equalizing device. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5X 5X of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified arrangement of the door operating chains or connections. Fig. 7 is a modified construction of the equalizing device. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of one of the end boards of the wagon box showing another means for supporting the eqnalizing device, and, Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 9 9X of Fig. 8.

ln illustrating my present invention I have shown it applied to a wagon box constructed with side pieces 1 and 2 and the forward and rear ends 3 and 4 respectively. The bottom is composed of two longitudinally extending sections 5 and 6 which are pivotally supported by hinge members 7 journaled, as indicated at S, on pint-les located a short distance above their lower edges. The bottom sections or doors meet at a central point and the joint formed between them is closed by a batten 9 arranged on the door 5. The sides 1 and 2 of the box project beyond the forward end 3 thereof and supported therein are bearings 10 in which is ournaled a revoluble winding shaft 11, provided at one end with a ratchet wheel 12 secured thereto by a pin 13 passing through its hub. The operating member for rotating the winding shaft is a lever arm 14 having a bifurcated end 15, tle side pieces of which extend at opposite sides of the ratchet wheel and are journaled on its hub. Between the arms of the lever is a pawl 16 and underlying the latter is a finger 17 on an arm 18, pivoted to one of the side pieces of the lever, and having a rearwardly extending end 19 which is adapted to cooperate with the upper edge of the end 3, of the box, to raise the arm and disengage the pawl from the ratchet wheel when the lever is moved into the position shown in Fig. 5. Arranged beneath the ratchet wheel is a locking dog 20, normally held in the operative position by a spring 21, having at its outer end a iinger 22 projecting beneath a shoulder 23 on a pivoted treadle 24, the depression of which moves the dog into inoperative position. Also pivoted in proximity to the ratchet wheel is a brake shoe 25, adapted to be operated into engagement with the rim of the ratchet wheel when the lever 211 is depressed, by a cam shoulder 26 on the latter.

Located on the shaft 11 are two conical winding drums 27 and 28 provided with helical grooves arranged with their smaller ends in proximity to each other and separated a short distance as shown. riihe particular shape of the drums however is not essential and they may be otherwise formed or omitted as desired. Attached to the larger ends of each of the drums are the winding chains or operating connections 29 and 80 which are suspended and extend downwardly beneath the forward ends of the doors or bottom sections 5 and 6 and pass longitudinally thereof to the rear ends of said doors whore the extremities of the chains are carried upwardly and attached to the rear end 4 of the box, as shown in Fig. 8. It will be understood, however,

that the chains might be conn-eoted otherwise than by being anchored directly on the wagon box, for if they were connected to some part contiguous to the box, which would form a. support, the result accomplished would be the same, as the object to be attained is the suspending of the ends of the chains from points above the doors whereby the latter may be closed tightly against the box. At one end of the latter the connecting of the chains to the box is accomplished by means of the winding shaft 11. Both of the rear ends of these chains or connections may be attached rigidly to the rear of the wagon box by eyes, such as 3l, but in practice l find it preferable to provide means for adjusting the end of one of the chains, as it is difficult to proportion their length so that when the winding shaft is rotated to close thc doors tightly, the dog 2O will engage in one of the ratchet teeth without permitting lost motion of the shaft l1 nearly equal to the length of one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel. To provide for this adjustment I attach to the end of the chain 29 an eye 32 having a threaded pin 33 projecting through the outwardly extending foot of a bracket piece 34 and coperating with a nut 35.

At one end of the wagon box, preferably the forward end thereof, where the winding shaft is located, is provided a device which cooperates with the two chains or connections for equalizing inequalities in the lengths of either of them, resulting from unequal wear, stretching or other causes. This equalizing device is movable in a direction transversely of the chains and in the present preferred embodiment of my invention comprises a depending arm 40, journaled on a pin 4i supported in a bridge piece or strap 42, having at its lower end laterally extend` ing arms 48 and 44, the extensions of which are overlapped, or bent into a U-shape, to receive the journal pins 45 and 4G of small rollers 47 and 48. The rollers are sepa` rated a distance somewhat greater than the distance between the proximate ends of the drums 27 and 2S so that when the chains or connections are wound upon the latter, their depending portions are extended laterally. Arranged beneath the rollers 47 and 48 are sheaves 49 and 50 mounted upon pins 5l and 52, supported in the strap 53, rigidly connected to the end 3 of the box. The rollers 49 and 50 are located in alinement with the proximate ends of the two winding drums and consequently are brought closer together than the rollers 47 and 48. It is their object to guide the chains upwardly from the forward ends of the doors to a Y fixed point on the wagon box, relatively to the winding drums, so that when the doors are open the chains or connections will not be permitted to draw away from the rollers 47 and 48. The depending portions of the chains, or connections, extending between the winding drums and the fixed rollers 49 and 50, or the proximate ends of the doors, form spans which if drawn laterally to one side or the other, at an intermediate point, will cause the remainder of the chain or connection to be shortened or drawn independently of the other connection. if the spans of both connections are given an equal lateral movement their respective lengths will remain equal and the winding or drawing up of the two connections will close the doors or bottom sections simultaneously. Thus dit will be seen if the span of one connection is moved laterally a greater distance than the corresponding span of the other section, one of the bottom sections or doors will be caused to close in advance of the other. By arranging a device between the spans of the two connections which is movable relatively transversely of said connections, it may be shifted by one of them, when the tension imparted thereto tends to draw the intermediate offset portion of its span into a straight line, the shifting or transverse movement of the member causing the offset in the other span to be increased until an equalization between the two connections has been effected.

In order to close one of the doors or bott-om sections in advance of the other, by temporarily shortening its connections, as above described, I have provided means which normally tend to move the equalizing device in one direction comprising, for the purpose of illust-ration, a spring 55 attached to the forward end 3 of thewagon box at the point 56, said spring preferably extending upwardly through the strap 42 over the top of the arm 40 and connected to its opposite side, shown in Fig. 4. lll/Then the tension is relieved from the chains or connections the resiliency of the spring 55 shifts the arm 40 to the normal position shown in Fig. 2 permitting the span of the chain 29 to be lengthened out while the span of the chain 30 is taken up. rlhe equalizing device remains in this position until the door G is closed in engagement with the bottom of the wagon box. The continued rotation of the shaft l1 simultaneously winds up the chains 29 and 30 and the tightening of the latter while bearing against the roller 4S causes the equalizing device to be shifted, the roller 47 thereon causing a lateral movement of the chain 29 so that when the doors are closed, as shown in Fig. 1, the span of the two chains are offset approximately equal distances in opposite directions. It will be seen from this construction that if the chains se are of unequal length, the equalizing device will yield to one side or the other, permitting both the bottom sections or doors to be tightly closed against the bot-tom of the box. A further advantage is obtained by the arrangement of means, such as I have provided, whereby the length of one of the chains may be adjusted, as sho-wn in Fig. 3, as it may be taken up or let out so that when the sections or doors are closed the spans of the two chains or connections will be drawn laterally equal distances by the equalizing device, the whole presenting a symmetrical appearance.

In Fig. G I have shown a modified arrangement of the chains or door operating connections whereby the rollers or fixed bearings sti) and 50 may be dispensed with. In this view the chains 29 and 30a, dependingl from the winding shaft lla after passing the rollers or guides 47a and 48a of the equalizing device eti-3, are crossed and extended respectively into engagement with the doors or bottom sections G and 5a. By this arrangement it will be seen that the chains always draw across the guides of the equalizing` device in opposition to each othell whether the doors are opened or closed.

The lateral displacement of the spans of the chains or door connections may be accomplished in different ways than by separating them, as shown in Figs. 1 and G, and in Fig'. 7 I have illustrated an equalizing device in which the guides or rollers 47D and 481 are arranged to draw the chains 291 and 30b into proximity to each other to accomplish the results heretofore described.

The arrangement of the equalizing device whereby it may be automatically operated by either of two chains or door connections permits it to be conveniently located at one end of the box and as its movement is in a direction transversely to the two connections it may be supported either as described as above, or in a manner similar to that shown in Fig. 8. In this modication the rollers or guides 47C and JISC are mounted on a plate or member 43C movable longitudinally in guides 43d attached to the wagon box.

I claim as my invention.

l. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box. movable bottom sections thereon and flexible connections copeating therewith and attached to the box, of means for drawing them to close the doors and a shifting member cooperating with said connections and operated by one of' them when its door has been closed to shift both of said connections to pay out one and take up the other connection.

In a dumpingl wagon, the combination with a box. movable bottom sections thereon and flexible connections cooperating therewith and attached to the box, of means for drawing them to close the doors and a device cooperating with and movable transversely of the connections for equalizing the tension on them.

3. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom sections thereon and liexible connections cooperating with the sections, of means for drawing said connections simultaneously and a device supported on the box, around which said connections are passed, said device being supported independent of' the connections and capable of' shifting in a direction transversely thereof to pay out one off' them and take up the other during their movement.

lt. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom sections thereon, a winding shaft and means for rotating it, oit flexible connections cooperatingl with the sections and attached to the shaft, and an cqnalizing device supported independently of the connections and cooperating therevfith and movable in a direction trans\.'ersely thereof.

In a. dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom sections thereon, flexible connections attached to the box and depending at one end thereof and connected to the bottom sections and devices for winding said connections, of' a shifting eqnalizing member cooperating with the depending portions of the connections to adjust them in a lateral direction relatively to each other.

G. In a dumping` wagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom sect-ions thereon and flexible connections suspended at one end of the box and connected to 'the bottom sections, of a movable equalizing device cooperating witii the connections and arranged between the points ot suspension of the connections and the bottom sections for shittingl said connections relatively to each other in a lateral direction and means for winding said connections to close the bottom sections.

7. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, ino 'able bottom sections thereon and flexible connections attached to and suspended at one end of the box and cooperating with the bottom sections, of an arm pivoted to the box, projections thereon arranged at one side ot the pivot ot the arm around which the suspended portions of the connections extend and means 'for winding` said connections.

8. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom sections thereon and flexible connections attached to and suspended at one end of the box and cooperatingI with the bottom sections, of a shiftable equalizing device coi'ierating with the suspended portions of said connections, means tending to yieldingly adjust said device in one direction into a posit-ion to shorten one of the connections and means for winding said connections.

9. In a dumping wagon, the combina-tion with a box, movable bottom sections thereon and flexible connections suspended at one end of the box and cooperating with the bottom sections, of an arm pivoted to the box, projections thereon located at one side of the pivot of said arm around which the suspended portions of the connections extend and means tending to normally move the arm in one direction on its pivot and means for winding the connections.

10. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, longitudinally extending doors hinged thereon and flexible connections snspended at one end of the box and connected to the adjacent edges of the doors, of guides for the connections arranged on the box, and a shiftable equalizing device cooperating with the connections between their points of suspension and the guides and means for winding the connections.

11. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable doors thereon and a winding shaft, of two flexible connections cooperating with the doors and attached at one end to the shaft and at their other extremities to the box, and a tension equalizing device cooperating with both connections at points between their secured ends and the winding shaft.

12. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable doors thereon and a winding shaft, of two flexible connections attached to the shaft and doors, and a device comprising an arm pivoted to the box having two projections aro-und which the connect-ions pass, said projections being arranged out of alinement with the points of attachment of said connections with the shaft and doors and means for rotating the shaft.

13. In a dum'ping wagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom doors thereon and a winding shaft, of two flexible connections attached to the shaft and doors, an equalizing device cooperating with the connections between the shaft and doors, means yieldingly moving the device in one direction to shorten one connection relatively to the other and cause its door to be closed in advance of the other and means for rotating the shaft.

14. In a dumping wagon, the combina-` tion with a box, movable doors thereon and a winding shaft, of two flexible connections attached to the shaft at one end and cooperating with the doors and connected to the wagon box at their other ends and a movable tension equalizing device coperating with both connections at one end of the box and between the doors and shaft.

15. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable doors thereon and a winding shaft, of two flexible connections attached to the shaft extending downwardly therefrom' and connected to the doors, proj ections on the box engaging the outer sides of the connections and an equalizing member movably mounted on the box and arranged between the inner or proximate sides of the connections and separating them a distance greater than that between the projections on the box and means for operating the shaft.

16. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom doors thereon, a winding shaft and two flexible connections attached to the shaft and doors, of an arm pivoted to the box between said connections, projections thereon engaging the connections to separate them, means tending to yieldingly move the arm in one direction and means for rotating the shaft.

17. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable doors thereon, a winding shaft and two flexible connections attached to the shaft and doors, of an arm movably supported on the box between said connections and upturned ends on said arm, rollers journaled on said ends each engaging one of the connections and means for rotating the shaft.

18. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable doors thereon, a winding shaft and two flexible connections attached to the shaft and doors, of an arm pivoted to the box between said connections, ends extending laterally on said arm having overturned extremities, rollers journaled on said extremities each engaging one of the connections and holding them in spaced relation to each other and means for rotating the shaft.

19. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable doors thereon, a winding shaft and two flexible connections suspended therefrom and cooperating with the doors and connected to the box, of guides on the box for said connection, a tension equalizing device cooperating with both connections between the guides and the shaft and means for rotating the latter.

20. In a dumpingwagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom sections thereon and flexible connections extending beneath the sections having portions extending upwardly from the doors at one end and attached to the box, of means separating said portions of the connections a xed distance which is movable to permit a relative extension of one connection and retraction of the other and means for drawing said connections to close the bottom sections.

21. In a dumping wagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom sections thereon and flexible connections extending beneath the sections having portions extending upwardly from the doors at one end'and attached to the box, of a movable device separating said portions of the connections a fixed distance, means for yieldingly setting said device in a position to shift the corresponding portions of the connections laterally to cause a relative lengthening of one connection and shortening of the other' and means for drawing said connections to close the bottom sections.

ln a dumping Wagon, the combination with a box, movable bottom sections thereon and tiexible connections extending beneath the sections having portions extending np- Wardly from the doors at one end and attached to the box, of a movable device separating said portions of the connections a fixed distance, means yieldingly adjusting said device relatively to one of the doors when the said doors are released to cause the operating connection of said door to be shortened and the connection of the other door to be lengthened and means for drawing said connections to close the bottom scctions.

23. The combination With a Wagon box and bottom sections thereon, of a pair of flexible connections for the sections each secured at one end, Winding means for the connections, and means for equalizing the tension on the connections engaged by both connections between the secured ends ot the latter and the Winding means.

JOHN HEBERLNG. lVitnesses VALTER B. PAYNE, RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH. 

